Bradley Piros has been a reporter at Riverbnder.com since January 2022.
He graduated from Western Illinois University in December 2020 with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism as well as a minor in Sports Broadcasting.
At WIU Bradley worked at the school's student-run newspaper publication The Western Courier. He began his freshman year as a writer and worked his way up to Sports Editor by the time he was a senior.
In his spare time, Bradley loves to stay active. He played soccer and ran track and field at Alton High. Now he stays busy with his favorite hobby disc golf. He also loves spending time with his family and friends, traveling to new places, and watching sports.
Zander Mueth - RHP - Belleville East High School - 67th overall (2nd round) Picked by the Pittsburgh Pirates Chase Gockel - RHP - Quincy University - 264 overall (9th round) Formerly an Edwardsville Tiger, Gockel was picked by the Los Angeles Angels Avery Owusu-Asiedu...
BELLEVILLE - With the 67th pick in this year's MLB Draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Zander Mueth, a recent graduate of Belleville East High School. The 6-foot-6 right-handed 18-year-old pitcher was committed to Mississippi, with hopes now of making it to The Show. In Mueth's final season...
ALTON - After a scoreless first, a game between the Alton River Dragons and Springfield Lucky Horseshoes was broke open in the second inning Thursday evening at Lloyd Hopkins Field. It was the away team on the board first with three runs thanks to an RBI double and an error made after an RBI single,...
ALTON - The Alton Dispensary had its grand opening Friday morning and saw quite a turnout. People were lined up in front of the building awaiting on the doors to open at 10 a.m. The new dispensary, located at 1400 E Broadway, a short walk from Fast Eddies Bon Air, will be open seven days a week with...
TROY - The Triad Lady Knights basketball team hosted 15 other schools in a Summer Shootout. The tournament was bracket style with seeds being determined at random. Other area schools pictured are Civic Memorial, Edwardsville, and Father McGivney. The tournament hosted other teams from the Mississippi...
June 24th @ Cape Catfish (19-2) Alton got on the scoreboard early with a couple of runs in the top of the first inning. Erik Broekemeier's RBI single to left field scored Cole Yearsley followed by Bryce Zupan reaching on a fielder's choice, allowing Dominic Decker to score and make it a 2-0...
ALTON - Eight runs between the first two innings proved to do the trick for the Quincy Gems Tuesday night as they went on to an 11-7 win over the hosting Alton River Dragons at Lloyd Hopkins Field. Quincy got things going with four runs in each of the first two innings, while Alton put up a single...
Thursday, June 15 vs. Thrillville Thrillbillies All the scoring was done mostly early as Thrillville scored four in the second and three in the fifth. Alton's single run came in the bottom of the second thanks to Erik Broekemeier's solo homer run to cut the deficit to 4-1. Adam Stilts started...
ALTON - It's a day circled on the calendar for the Alton High School baseball program. Sunday afternoon was the 6th Annual AHS Alumni Baseball Game held out at Lloyd Hopkins Field. The game pitted the even year alums against the odd years, and for the fifth consecutive time it was the even yeare...
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